I understood, my response was aimed at his request for me to do a timelapse. I was saying that, in posting stages of my drawing process, I have effectively done a timelapse, albeit not a very good one. And, as you can see, I thanked him for the compliment ;)

Ah, like that.

No, that's not good enough.

Find a webcam or camcorder or whatever, place it in somewhere high and close to wherever you're drawing and aim it at your sheet. Start recording.

11th March 2012
Last edited by Chaplin; 11th March 2012 at 11:38PM.
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with those perspective lines I think his left shoulder should be a little lower. Using the guides is a good way to see the errors and will help you develop more accurate paintings in the future though.

shouldn't 2 or more vanishing points lead to the same horizontal? Although you are right, the box he put around the figure indicates the second vanishing point is another point far infront of the figure.

Yeah I see what you are saying though, the horizontal is not clear and because of that neither are the 2 vanishing points.
According to the picture, the horizontal should be around the hips no? If you can see the bottom of the hands then it should at least be below that.

Once you get the hang of drawing from references (whether it's life or photos or other drawings) you can draw pretty much anything

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I'm doing the figure studies from the drawing book so that I can draw better figures when I have no models or references around. I have no issue with using references but I'd like to be able to do some basic anatomy on the run

The horizon is at the top of his head.. the viewer is looking down. I have yet to finish the rest, if it helps there is going to be a figure walking up the steps (about 1/10 of the size) to pick up a sword at the base of his feet. The whole point is that it's pretty extreme scales. Also when i say it's a study it's also something i want to paint..

(The arrow is irrelevant, it was a lighting guide but i didn't stay true to it)

The vanishing point is way way off to the left.. The lines all come perfectly from one point, i made a spherical 1 point VP. I don't think people realise that the statue is meant to be massive and i'm going to paint a figure that is very tiny walking up some steps below. Sorry if it wasn't obvious, I see what you mean about it being 2 points instead of one.. I'm still going to try and finish this so the mistakes are even clearer, because in my head it makes sense

Okay, do you see how I can salvage it now you know it's massive. A 2nd VP the same distance to the right? Even if I have to remake the entire thing I want to so I learn. I've tried really hard to wrap my head around perspective, everytime practicing with cubes and stuff it seems so easy yet when i apply it I fail.

Oh I see now! How could i have been so retarded, i was just guessing the lines going diagonally to the right. Can't wait for my mind to just wrap around this so it's natural. Thanks Detlef, i'll restart tonight :)

Hey guys, I entered this contest to design a magazine cover for Access magazine, the theme was 'Gaming taking over the world'. Im mainly doing it for my portfolio, if it wins It will be a massive contribution to my portfolio + I wouldnt mind winning a PS Vita. I would really appreciate it.

its a nice idea and generally the execution is good but what i would do is that the way the usbs' enter the earth looks quite strange, possibly would be better if they kinda fitted with the curvature of the earth rather than at random jaunty angles